The Albert Schweitzer Page

This page is about Dr. Albert Schweitzer, the humanitarian,
theologian, missionary, organist, and medical doctor. It contains my
reviews of books by and about Dr. Schweitzer, pointers to related
sites,
and whatever else seems to be relevant.

Each of these books was written by Dr. Schweitzer, or is an
edited collection of his letters. Click on one of the titles below to
see publisher information, a short review, a selection of quotes, and
the table of contents.

Each of these books is an
edited collection of his writings. Most contain short quotations taken from his
published works. Click on one of the titles below to
see publisher information, a short review, a selection of quotes, and
the table of contents.

Each of these books is about Dr. Schweitzer. There are
biographies, memoirs, and discussions of his work. Click on one of the
titles below to see publisher information, a short review, a selection
of quotes, and the table of contents.

Albert Schweitzer made only a single visit to America, from June 28 to
July 22, 1949. This page
lists his itinerary, reports his impressions of America, and excerpts
his remarks at the Goethe Bicentennial Convocation in Aspen, Colorado.

The transcript of a speech by Walter Munz, who worked with Schweitzer at his hospital
in Lambarene in the early 1960s. It provides examples of Schweitzer making the
hard decisions that reverence for life demands.

Dr. Schweitzer authorized The Animal Welfare
Institute to award a medal in his name for outstanding achievement in
the advancement of animal welfare. This link has a picture of the medal
and a list of winners and their achievements.

This is the home page of the International Albert Schweitzer Foundation
(their preferred abbreviation is from the French: AISL). It contains
very interesting information on Schweitzer's life and works. It
includes
biographical data on both Dr. and Mrs. Schweitzer, a discussion of
Reverence for Life taken from The
Philosophy of
Civilization and elsewhere, letters between Albert and Helene
Schweitzer, a Lambarene map and staff list, and other stuff. Curiously,
there is little information on the AISL itself. Their web page is
available in Dutch, English, French, German, Italian and Spanish.

This is the managing body of the modern hospital at Lambarene. Founded by Walter Munz in 1974,
its board of directors includes European organizations as well as several Gabonese representatives.
The website is available in French and German.

This is the home page of the Albert Schweitzer Fellowship of America.
This organization is the U.S. affiliate of the AISL as well as the governing
board of the current Schweitzer Hospital in Lambarene. Much of their
work involves providing fellowships for medical and health students who
volunteer to work at Lambarene and in the United States. They have also
assisted in establishing an Internet connection at Lambarene. Their Web
site includes information on their work and biographical information on
Schweitzer.

Origin of the Schweitzer quote that
"the only ones
among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve".
This quote does not appear in Schweitzer's writings,
but is from a speech he gave to schoolboys at Silcoates School in England. Steve Perisho has
obtained the text of the speech and
posted the portion relevant to this quotation on his blog. He
also has published
the entire text of the
speech as printed in The Silcoatian. The speech
is only a few pages long and well worth reading for its direct advice from Schweitzer on
living a good life, but be warned that the PDF scan is 16MB long and will take a while to load over
slow Internet connections.

Fundação Educativa Albert Schweitzer, promoting education in the
Vila Pantanal slum area in the city of Santos, State of São Paulo,
Brasil. Contact feas@feas.org.br
(Portuguese or English) for more information.